Florida defeats Irma

[Pat]

There is a method to defeat Irma, but it's going to take a concerted effort by all Floridians.

We know that hurricanes derive their force from warm waters. The current temperature of the Caribbean is 86 degrees F.

We know that Florida is a big party state.

We know that parties require a lot of ice.

So we turn all our ice makes to high, create an iceberg, tow it to the Keys and viola we have a small tropical storm instead of a major hurricane.

Any questions?





The down side is that your hurricane cocktail will be warm.

[Ambitious1]

It seems that others have some interesting ideas on how to defeat Irma as well. Don't really know how effective it may be...

https://www.rt.com/usa/402478-americans-fan-irma-event/

http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/09/58k-floridians-using-fans-in-effort-to-re-direct-hurricane-irma.html

[Pat]

You know that Irma has shifted course from hitting Miami (east side) to the opposite side of the state, Key West.
So it seems these fans, all 59,000 of them are effectively moving the hurricane (ROTFLMAO).

[Joe Walsh]

There is a method to defeat Irma, but it's going to take a concerted effort by all Floridians.

We know that hurricanes derive their force from warm waters. The current temperature of the Caribbean is 86 degrees F.

We know that Florida is a big party state.

We know that parties require a lot of ice.

So we turn all our ice makes to high, create an iceberg, tow it to the Keys and viola we have a small tropical storm instead of a major hurricane.

Any questions?



The down side is that your hurricane cocktail will be warm.

They should take a bunch of big tug boats and pull that huge chunk of Antarctica's ice shelf that just broke off...
up into the Carribean and cool off all these Hurricanes.

Then there'd still be plenty of ice for your cocktails!

[sailsmen]

There is a method to defeat Irma, but it's going to take a concerted effort by all Floridians.

We know that hurricanes derive their force from warm waters. The current temperature of the Caribbean is 86 degrees F.

We know that Florida is a big party state.

We know that parties require a lot of ice.

So we turn all our ice makes to high, create an iceberg, tow it to the Keys and viola we have a small tropical storm instead of a major hurricane.

Any questions?





The down side is that your hurricane cocktail will be warm.

With Friends and Family in the path I just don't see any humor in it.

I wish the best for all being impacted by Irma.

[junior]

With Friends and Family in the path I just don't see any humor in it.

I wish the best for all being impacted by Irma.



I'd much rather hear about the wildfires in my back yard, but Irma has pre-empted all 4 of my local channels for the last 24 hours....arrrgggh!

[Joe Walsh]

Lots of weather guys standing out in the wind and rain....none of them want to talk about how they 'screwed the pooch' on Irma's predicted track:
Miami will be relatively unscathed...but Tampa/St. Pete is going to get hammered!
Florida Keys got blasted...they are always in the bullseye.

[sailsmen]

NOAA 11:00am EDT
"SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...
* South Santee River southward to Jupiter Inlet
* North Miami Beach southward around the Florida peninsula to the
Ochlockonee River
* Florida Keys
* Tampa Bay

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Fernandina Beach southward around the Florida peninsula to Indian
Pass
* Florida Keys
* Lake Okeechobee
* Florida Bay
* Cuban provinces of Matanzas and La Habana

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* North of Fernandina Beach to Edisto Beach

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* West of Indian Pass to the Okaloosa/Walton County Line
* North of Fernandina Beach to South Santee River

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Bimini and Grand Bahama

A Storm Surge Warning means there is a danger of life-threatening
inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline,
during the next 36 hours in the indicated locations. For a
depiction of areas at risk, please see the National Weather
Service Storm Surge Watch/Warning Graphic, available at
hurricanes.gov. This is a life-threatening situation. Persons
located within these areas should take all necessary actions to
protect life and property from rising water and the potential for
other dangerous conditions. Promptly follow evacuation and other
instructions from local officials."

The Wind comes before the Storm Surge.

[lji372]

nobody defeats a hurricane.

you prep your belongings the best you can then you get out of town or find a safe space. then you hope for the best......

[Gerry24]

Hey guys, Irma left us without power and a corner portion of my privacy fence collapsed. The neighbor has a generator and was nice to hook me up for my fridge. Folks in Miami are well and have an uncle in Cape Coral without power, some roof tiles gone and some screen was ripped from his lanai. Thanks to the powers of above, can't wait for the power to come back on.... I miss air conditioning...oh, the MM without a scratch on her :beer:

[MyBlackBeasts]

Hey guys, Irma left us without power and a corner portion of my privacy fence collapsed. The neighbor has a generator and was nice to hook me up for my fridge. Folks in Miami are well and have an uncle in Cape Coral without power, some roof tiles gone and some screen was ripped from his lanai. Thanks to the powers of above, can't wait for the power to come back on.... I miss air conditioning...oh, the MM without a scratch on her :beer:
Great to hear!

My cousin in Cocoa has some trees down and exterior lights tore off house. She was very lucky!

[tbone]

I hear not a single pair of work boots was stolen during the looting. Go figure.

[MMBLUE]

I hear not a single pair of work boots was stolen during the looting. Go figure.

Too funny :)

Although, lots of Nike and fill in the blank sneakers were. Hmmmm

[MMBLUE]

We had some damage.

Lost the shed ( it decided to go visit the neighbors yard)
Lost some aluminum soffit.
Lost some roof shingles.
Lost part of the fence.
Neighbors tree tried to flatten my fence (it was successful) Good thing it's PVC and mostly bounced back to shape.

The eye went over out town at 2:15 in the morning.

We had a tornado about 1000 feet away from the house skip around and thankfully went over our house. My daughter said " Dad I here the train"

Other than that, very thankful to be here. :beer: